Environmental Risk Factors and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Umbrella Review and Critical Assessment of Current Evidence from Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies | Zendy

Lazaros Belbasis | Zendy; Vanesa Bellou | Zendy; Εvangelos Εvangelou | Zendy

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Environmental Risk Factors and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Umbrella Review and Critical Assessment of Current Evidence from Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies

Author(s) -

Lazaros Belbasis,

Vanesa Bellou,

Εvangelos Εvangelou

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000443146

Subject(s) - medicine , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , observational study , systematic review , meta analysis , intensive care medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medline , disease , pathology , political science , law

The pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) involves both environmental and genetic factors. Our study aimed at summarising the environmental risk factors for ALS, assessing the evidence for diverse biases, and pinpointing risk factors with high epidemiological credibility.

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